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On March 17, 1984, Billy Crystal gave Saturday Night Live viewers their first taste of his debonair character, Fernando. At the time, Crystal wasn’t yet a cast member, but was instead the episode’s host. The comedian had seen his fame steadily rise thanks to his popular standby career, as well as television roles and (briefly) his own variety show on NBC, The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour. Crystal had previously made a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing a monologue during a season one episode. Still, this would be his first time hosting, and he brought a character with him that ha...
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An upcoming film based on the real events behind the opening night of the first ever Saturday Night Live now has its cast. Here is what we know so far about SNL 1975. What Is SNL 1975 About?SNL 1975 will cover the debut night of the long-running sketch comedy show. “Based on the screenwriters’ interviews with the show’s living cast, scribes and crew, the film is set to focus on the formative moment in October 1975 for the the NBC sketch show that is currently airing its 49th season,” The Hollywood Reporter said in a recent report. The late-night show debuted October 11, 1975 as NBC’s Saturday ...
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When “Wayne’s World” made its Saturday Night Live debut, nobody could have predicted it would become one of the sketch show’s most beloved sketches. “Wayne’s World” was the brainchild of Mike Myers, then SNL’s newest cast member. His Wayne Campbell character actually dated back to the 1987 TV series It’s Only Rock N’ Roll. which aired in Myers’ native Canada. “It was just basically [based on] the people I grew up with,” Myers explained in a 1990 interview. “There’s a certain homogeneous suburban adolescent heavy metal experience… Just hanging out and being a goof.” Watch Mike Myers as Wayne Ca...
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When “Wayne’s World” made its Saturday Night Live debut, nobody could have predicted it would become one of the sketch show’s most beloved sketches. “Wayne’s World” was the brainchild of Mike Myers, then SNL’s newest cast member. His Wayne Campbell character actually dated back to the 1987 TV series It’s Only Rock N’ Roll. which aired in Myers’ native Canada. “It was just basically [based on] the people I grew up with,” Myers explained in a 1990 interview. “There’s a certain homogeneous suburban adolescent heavy metal experience… Just hanging out and being a goof.” Watch Mike Myers as Wayne Ca...
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On Jan. 21, 1989, Mike Myers made his debut as a Saturday Night Live cast member, his first step to becoming one of the show’s breakout stars. The young Canadian had rapidly risen through comedy’s ranks, performing with Second City troupes in Toronto and Chicago before being recommended to SNL creator Lorne Michaels. The comedian’s first sketch would be “You Mock Me,” written by Al Franken and featuring Myers opposite the episode’s host, actor John Malkovich. READ MORE: 20 Most Controversial ‘Saturday Night Live’ Moments “The premise was that he was a king, and anything anybody said to him, th...
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On Jan. 21, 1989, Mike Myers made his debut as a Saturday Night Live cast member, his first step to becoming one of the show’s breakout stars. The young Canadian had rapidly risen through comedy’s ranks, performing with Second City troupes in Toronto and Chicago before being recommended to SNL creator Lorne Michaels. The comedian’s first sketch would be “You Mock Me,” written by Al Franken and featuring Myers opposite the episode’s host, actor John Malkovich. READ MORE: 20 Most Controversial ‘Saturday Night Live’ Moments “The premise was that he was a king, and anything anybody said to him, th...
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For close to 50 years, a spot in Saturday Night Live’s cast has been one of the most coveted jobs in all of comedy. So how did one of the show’s most famous alums join without even auditioning? In 1988, Mike Myers was still a largely unknown comic. Yet, his career was on the rise thanks to early success in his native Canada, as well as some years spent honing his craft in England. He was part of Second City in Toronto when some notable names happened to catch his performance. “Martin Short, [SNL] producer Pam Thomas, and [Kids in the Hall comedian] Dave Foley all said to Lorne [Michaels], ‘You...
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Keyboardist Paul Shaffer has a dubious place in Saturday Night Live history, having been the first person to say “fuck” live on the air. The musician joined SNL’s house band in 1975 and balanced his involvement in the show while also working on various music projects. It was 1980 when he accidentally cursed on air, and he recalled the experience during a recent appearance on the Kenny Aronoff Sessions podcast. “It was an absolute mistake because it was a little improv,” Shaffer explained, adding that he was “not proud” of his profanity. Shaffer occasionally appeared in sketches, and in this ca...
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Saturday Night Live has turned plenty of sketches into feature films — Wayne’s World, MacGruber, Coneheads, and unfortunately A Night at the Roxburry to name just a few—but the show itself has never been the subject of a fiction film before. At least, not until Jason Reitman’s SNL 1975. The Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Juno director’s next project is reportedly about “about the debut night in October 1975 of the NBC sketch show that is currently airing its 49th season.” Per The Hollywood Reporter, it also has an impressive cast of young talents taking on some of the famous figures in the real-l...
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Brian McConnachie, the comedy writer best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, SCTV and National Lampoon, has died at the age of 81. McConnachie died Jan. 5 in Venice, Florida, following complications from Parkinson’s disease. The writer’s death was confirmed by Michael Gerber, editor and publisher of The American Bystander, a humor magazine McConnachie founded. “Every day, on every page, he has been our North Star,” Gerber said in a statement (shared via the Hollywood Reporter). “From his days at National Lampoon, Brian was ‘every comedy writer’s favorite comedy writer,’ crafting an unm...
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